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After refusing to concede Tuesday evening, Kamala Harris showed up late to her own concession speech at Howard University Wednesday afternoon. I’ve never looked forward to hearing her speak — ever — but today I did. So I was more than a bit annoyed that she was nearly twenty minutes late.
Be that as it may, it was quite the show. Tim Walz looked like he was in tears, which certainly fit the bill.
Kamala Harris’s concession speech was a blend of the obligatory humble platitudes but included its fair share of pointed, bitter undertones, making it hard to discern if she was truly conceding or rallying for a future fight.
She opened with an awkward repetition of “Good afternoon” as she tried to settle herself for the moment (rather than the cheering crowd), setting a strangely tense tone from the start.
“So let me say my heart is full today,” she began. “My heart is full today, full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country, and full of resolve.”
“The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for,” she continued, before striking a more defiant tone. “But hear me when I say, hear me when I say, the light of America’s promise will always burn bright, as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting.
